"I love playing with words and texture."

-- Binyavanga Wainaina

#Texture Quotes

“Civilization is a work of peaceful co-operation.”
“Have we raised the threshold of horror so high that nothing short of a nuclear strike qualifies as a 'real' war? Are we to spend the rest of our lives in this state of high alert with guns pointed at each other's heads and fingers trembling on the trigger?”
“Jack Bruce, as soon as I saw him, it changed me. I didn't even know what bass players did until I saw Cream.”
“Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.”
“I find that all these subjects that I'm dealing with tend to lead me to religion and politics one way or another. It's not something that I necessarily want to address, but it seems like it's screaming at me to pay attention to it.”

Source : Interview with Keanu Reeves, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2014.
“To say that a writer's hold on reality is tenuous is an understatement-it's like saying the Titanic had a rough crossing. Writer's build their own realities, move into them and occasionally send letters home. The only difference between a writer and a crazy person is that a writer gets paid for it.”

Source : David Gerrold (2002). “The Martian Child: A Novel About A Single Father Adopting A Son”, p.113, Forge Books
“Do what you do because Jesus is watching, not so you'll end up on some top 100 church list or be the envy of the next pastors gathering. That stuff doesn't matter. Be innovative because you believe people matter and you want to please Jesus.”
“It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.”

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